Author: Peter McKenzie
Date: 12:38:14 02/07/02
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On February 07, 2002 at 15:17:07, Roy Eassa wrote: >On February 07, 2002 at 15:14:34, Peter McKenzie wrote: > >>On February 07, 2002 at 14:52:49, Mike S. wrote: >> >>>On February 07, 2002 at 05:30:02, Ed Schröder wrote: >>> >>>>(...) >>>>We want to make a couple of suggestions... >>>> >>>>#1. Leave things as they are. >>>> >>>>#2. Remove the email address from CCC postings. >>>> >>>>#3. Have the option to list your email address or not. >>> >>>I have already suggested #2 to ICD after the BadTrans virus problems. That virus >>>was able to read email adresses out of the browser cache (that's why many of you >>>got virus mail from CCC people you never had email contact with before). >> >> >>My solution (see my reply to the original post) would solve this problem but >>would still allow humans to use the email address. >> >> > >But wasn't it a human that triggered the current crisis? Obviously my solution wouldn't have prevented the current crisis, but this discussion isn't just about the current crisis (although it was triggered by it). It is about the general issue of making email addresses public on CCC. I was pointing out that you can make an address public, and not have to worry too much about spambots or viruses. This point seems to have escaped some people. Of course you still have the problem of malicious people who may misuse your email address, but thankfully such people are relatively rare (I hope).
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